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The Book of Jakarta
A young woman takes a driverless taxi through the streets of Jakarta, only to discover that the destination she is hurtling towards is now entirely submerged... A group of elderly women visit a famous amusement park for one last ride, but things don’t go quite according to plan... The day before her wedding, a bride risks everything to meet her former lover at their favourite seafood restaurant on the other side of the tracks... Despite being the world’s fourth largest nation – made up of over 17,000 islands – very little of Indonesian history and contemporary politics are known to outsiders. From feudal states and sultanates to a Cold War killing field and a now struggling, flawed d...
Extract from the Novel All the Fish in the Sky
Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie's All the Fish in the Sky is a whimsical and surreal work that revolves around the relationships between characters of personified animals, inanimate objects and a nomadic boy-god figure suspended in a purgatory-like space. Ziggy writes innocent and curious descriptions that simultaneously evoke these underlying societal issues about sexuality, religion and the environment.
The Book of Reykjavik
Reluctant to observe a new family tradition, a boy finds himself stranded outside a graveyard on the night before Christmas... Three farming brothers, forced to relocate to the city by poor harvests, discover an unexpected demand for their green-fingered talents... Residents of a new apartment block are woken in the early hours by the eerie sound of a table saw that once operated on the building’s grounds... Iceland is a land of stories; from the epic sagas of its mythic past, to its claim today of being home to more writers, more published books and more avid readers, per head, than anywhere in the world. As its capital (and indeed only city), Reykjavik has long been an inspiration for th...
The Book of Barcelona
A slighted wife escapes her wealthy family for the evening and stumbles into the city's red-light district... The head of security at Barcelona's container port searches for a figure that only he has seen sneak in... An elderly woman brings home a machine that will turn her body into atoms, so she can leave behind a city that is no longer recognisable... Historically, Barcelona is a city of resistance and independence; a focal point for Catalan identity, as well as the capital of Spanish republicanism. Nestled between the Mediterranean coast and mountains, this burgeoning city has also been home to some of the greatest names in modern art and architecture, and attracts visitors and migrants from all over the world. As a result, the city is a melting-pot of cultures, and the stories gathered here offer a miscellany of form and genre, fittingly reminiscent of one of Gaudi's mosaics. From the boy-giant outgrowing his cramped flat on the city's outskirts, to the love affair that begins in a launderette, we meet characters who are reclaiming the independence of their city by challenging common misconceptions and telling its myriad truths.
Towards a Feminist Translator Studies
This pioneering work advocates for a shift toward inclusivity in the UK translated literature landscape, investigating and challenging unconscious bias around women in translation and building on existing research highlighting the role of translators as activists and agents and the possibilities for these new theoretical models to contribute to meaningful industry change. The book sets out the context for the new subdiscipline of feminist translator studies, positing this as an essential mechanism to work towards diversity in the translated literature sector of the publishing industry. In a series of five case studies that each exemplify a key component of the feminist translator studies "to...
Kala
Kabar bagusnya, aku ada di Italia. Kabar buruknya,aku akan bertemu para vampir pelopor. Ya. Mereka yang lahir dari meminum darah phoenix dan dikutuk hidup abadi menjadi pengisap darah. Aku belum sempat jalan-jalan di Colosseum, Roma, karena aku harus melompat dari kapal feri, tenggelam ke dalam laut yang anehnya tidak membuatku basah atau kehilangan napas. Di dasarnya, aku memasuki kapal selam yang dipenuhi vampir. Banyak gedung-gedung yang berganti suasana setiap aku melangkah. Lalu kumpulan vampir menunggu mati dan mereka yang bertransaksi dengan manusia memperdagangkan darah. Ya. Kami sedang bermain dengan waktu. Mereka menciptakan mesin yang mampu membuat siapa pun melompati periode-periode waktu. Pilih saja: masa depan atau masa lalu? Kedengarannya keren. Hanya saja untuk melakukannya butuh ledakan burung phoenix. Dan satu-satunya cara untuk membuat itu terjadi ... aku harus mati. [Mizan Publishing, Novel, Fantasi, Remaja, Indonesia]
Happy Stories, Mostly
In their stunning fiction debut, queer Indonesian writer Norman Erikson Pasaribu blends together speculative fiction and dark absurdism, drawing from Batak and Christian cultural elements. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, Happy Stories, Mostly introduces “one of the most important Indonesian writers today” (Litro Magazine). These twelve short stories ask what it means to be almost happy—to nearly find joy, to sort-of be accepted, but to never fully grasp one's desire. Joy shimmers on the horizon, just out of reach. An employee navigates their new workplace, a department of Heaven devoted to archiving unanswered prayers; a tourist in Vietnam seeks solace following her son’s suicide; a young student befriends a classmate obsessed with verifying the existence of a mythical hundred-foot-tall man. A tragicomic collection that probes the miraculous, melancholy nature of survival amid loneliness, Happy Stories, Mostly considers an oblique approach to human life: In the words of one of the stories’ narrators, “I work in the dark. Like mushrooms. I don’t need light to thrive.”
Fantasteen Saving Ludo
Kamu tahu … kadang-kadang kamu berdoa, dan .…Yah, Tuhan memang selalu mendengarkan. Tapi, yang mendengar bukan cuma Tuhan, lho. Kadang-kadang, ada ‘sesuatu’ yang lain yang juga ikut mendengarmu. Di tengah-tengah doamu yang paling putus asa, ‘dia’ akan mendengarkan. Yang bisa kamu lakukan hanya menunggu, apakah Tuhan cukup cepat untuk menjawabmu … atau kamu bisa mendapati ‘dia’ memberimu jalan pintas lebih cepat sebelum Tuhan mengirimkan jawaban milik-Nya—dan, kamu tahu benar kadang-kadang pesan dari Tuhan sering pending. Dan, asal tahu saja, ‘dia’ lebih jago membujuk daripada kurir Tuhan. Kalau sudah begitu, berarti kamu benar-benar sial [Mizan Publishing, DAR, Fantasteen, Novel, Fantasi, Remaja, Indonesia]
Fantasteen: Ghost Dormitory in Sidney
Ichabod kelly, seorang anak peneliti yang tidak mengetahui detail pekerjaan ayahnya. Dia menjalani kesempatan-kesempatan baru dalam hidupnya yang muram. Hal tak terbayangkan, dia mendapat beasiswa dan bergabung dalam sekolag berasrama. bersama Peter Cyning, Kelly mengalami pengalaman aneh berkaitan dengan pekerjaan Ayahnya yang meneliti suku Aborigin. DIa bertemu Baiame di menara kelima, menara yang terlarang dimasuki siapa pun. ketidaktahuan Kelly, menyebabkan sekolahnya hancur [Mizan, Mizan Publishing, DAR, Fantasteen, Horror, Remaja, Indonesia]
